калайджия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قالایجی (kalaycı). By surface analysis, калай (kalaj, “tin”) +‎ -джия (-džija).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɐɫɐjˈdʒijɐ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Syllabification(key): ка‧лай‧джи‧я
  • Hyphenation(key): ка‧лай‧джия
  • Rhymes: -ijɐ

Noun

калайджи́я • (kalajdžíja) m (relational adjective калайджи́йски)

  1. tinsmith, esp. a craftsman who tins copper pots

Declension
Declension of калайджи́я
singular plural
indefinite калайджи́я
kalajdžíja		 калайджи́и
kalajdžíi
definite калайджи́ята
kalajdžíjata		 калайджи́ите
kalajdžíite

References
  • “калайджия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “калайджия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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